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Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2024
During a meeting to discuss cooperation with the Brazilian ambassador, Paulino Franco de Carvalho Neto, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, emphasized that al-Azhar’s mission is to promote peace globally, as he considered all al-Azhar students and graduates as “envoys of peace” in...
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2023
U.S. First Lady, Jill Biden, emphasized the importance of promoting the values of peace, tolerance and justice, which she said form common grounds amongst people.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Dr. ʾIbrāhīm Najm, a senior advisor to Egypt’s Grand Muftī, has reviewed the efforts of the Dar al-Iftāʾ in combating extremism, during a meeting with a delegation from the European Parliament, led by Tomáš Zdechovský. He cited the various initiatives enacted by the Dar al-Iftāʾ to confront...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2021
During his visit to the mosque in Hamilton, Ontario during Eid al-Adha [ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā] prayer, Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, condemned recent incidents of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and misogyny.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
In a meeting with the Dutch ambassador Han-Maurits Schaapveld in Cairo, on Tuesday, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib stated that world peace today faces a major problem called the “arms economy”, which is based on the manufacture of hatred and igniting conflicts in order to achieve profit at the expense of...
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Ashraf Ṣubḥī met with a delegation of German youth led by Dr. Rev. Tharwat Qādis, Chairman of the International Academy of Dialogue, at the Civic Education Center in al-Jazeera.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2012
In a meeting with Klaus Spreyerman, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegations in Egypt, and Dr ‘Amir al-Zamālī, ICRC Advisor on Islamic World Affairs, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, called on international relief organizations to assist all victims of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2013
A delegation from the Presbyterian Church in America including Father Jean Dafris, Father Marshall Zeman, and Amgad al-Biblāwī, Regional Coordinator for the Middle East for the Christian Church in America, has visited Shaykh Al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyīb, this morning (Thursday) in the Shaykh's...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Malaysian Shaykh Isma’īlī Muhammad revealed the details of the tour he accompanied Barack Obama on during his visit to the National Mosque in Malaysia.
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived in Cairo yesterday as the head of a delegation from London for a two-day visit. It is his second visit to Egypt since his inauguration in March 2013. He met Pope Tawadros II and high ranking officials from al-Azhar and other institutions. Sources...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.